Jen Palfrey

Palliative Medicine Consultant. Kingston Hospital & Princess Alice Hospice. Darzi Fellow Alumni. Interested in adventures big and small. Views my own.

[Financial Times @FT]

'I worry that we will legislate without really understanding what the process of dying looks like.'

The writer and campaigner discusses love, last wishes and the divisive debate over assisted dying – over Lunch with the FT: https://t.co/43LaQIaFj9

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

This is insane: we made CPAP breathing devices in the 1000s in 2020/21 for the NHS - there are several thousand left over.

Ukraine is desperate for them; a charity has offered to ship them, but the government plan to destroy them instead!! madness.

https://t.co/qrKkDfkrYa

[Jonathan Adamson @adamsonjon]

I had genuinely never seen a child with measles in my paediatrics career until 2 weeks ago and I’ve seen multiple every day since.

Not a single one in a child who had their MMR (even just first dose if not old enough for their preschool booster yet).

Vaccinate your children!

[ClinOncDoc @ClinOncDoc]

This is the most comprehensive thread on doctor pay in the UK.

The TL;DR

Consultants are £39k/year down while the rest of the economy is down £1k/year compared to 2009 salaries.

Consultants have taken a hit 40x more than the rest of the economy since 2009.

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

Wishing all NHS staff a Happy New Year! In my opinion *ALL* undervalued, worst of all our junior doctors & the future of UK medicine- look at NYDs disgraceful rates of pay👇

RT if like me, you want govmnt's NY resolution to return to negs THEY abandoned to make a credible offer

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

1/ Short 🧵 on lies, damned lies, & statistics

I've seen some rather misleading use of statistics on the BBC / Sky today, its not clear whether they dont understand the differences, or they are trying to mislead

Please read all & share / RT

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

Merry Christmas to all those working in the NHS today

Many staff in the NHS are grossly underpaid (even on Christmas day👇) but none more so than Junior Doctors who frequently graduate with >£100k debt

RT to support them & ask government to pay them ALL fairly #PayRestoration

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Current NHS starting salaries:

Junior doctor £32.4k
Nurse £28.4k
Paramedic £28.4k
Midwife £28.4k
Radiographer £28.4k
Healthcare assistant £22.8k
Physiotherapist £28.4k
Dietician £28.4k
Occupational therapist £28.4k

Are you actually *trying* to destroy the NHS, @JamesCleverly?

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

@Vish_Sharm 5/ Please have a good look at the deal and make your own decision if it goes enough

But equally remember its *CRUCIALLY* important you return your ballots as this keeps the pressure on the government should this deal be rejected by consultant members

https://t.co/AF8iTjMFtd

[Dr Sandeep Bansal @iDrSunny]

There has been debate from all sides about recent
@NHS strikes by @TheBMA @BMA_JuniorDocs @theRCN vS @DHSCgovuk @SteveBarclay

The government has a duty to the tax payers to spend in the best way possible for the country.

Here is how a 20% rise in wages ACROSS the NHS impacts 🧵

[Iona Collins.DOCTOR. @Doc_IonaCollins]

I would like to walk you through a very big and controversial annual report which advises how NHS hospital doctors and dentists should be paid.
https://t.co/0A3G0iKgtG

[Jen Palfrey @PalfreyJennifer]

Unfortunately I have taken the tough decision to strike again today. For those of you who wonder why, this is a fantastic thread that explains a lot.
#consultantstrikes #BMA #payrestoration

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: OK on the eve of junior/consultant strikes, we need to talk about these charts (NEW data just in!) 👇

We need to look at them to fix waiting lists & its increasingly clear next GE will be won or lost on the NHS

Please read the whole 🧵 & share widely / RT

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: OK on the eve of junior/consultant strikes, we need to talk about these charts (NEW data just in!) 👇

We need to look at them to fix waiting lists & its increasingly clear next GE will be won or lost on the NHS

Please read the whole 🧵 & share widely / RT

[Zoe Roberts @ZoeRobe67809583]

@Steven_Swinford Please read to understand why they are striking!

[Professor Claire Hopkins @SnotSurgeon]

To all young women leaping up and down with 4 A* about to start medicine - congratulations. We see you. We have your back. You have a right to expect your career to be free of sexual harassment and assault. There may be some tough times ahead but these should not add to that.

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

Sir Patrick Vallance FRS and Sir Christopher Whitty FRS are jointly awarded the Royal Medal 2023 for their pivotal role in ensuring that the UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has benefitted from the very best science and evidence. #RSMedals https://t.co/RKul8yoo5s

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

In our supposedly cradle-to-grave NHS, only 25% of hospice care for children & only 33% for adults is government funded.

Imagine maternity, paediatric or ICU beds having to rely on car boot sales & charity fun runs.

Thank you @Chrisitv for highlighting.
https://t.co/73zM6uu1u1

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Climate change is real. The warming we’ve observed is entirely human-caused.* Its impacts are serious, including making heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, droughts and floods more severe and more dangerous.** But there are solutions and we can fix it.*** 💪🌱

[Alan Stedman 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦#FBPE 💙💙🍃💚🍃 @alanjstedman]

@trentconsultant What is annoying me intently as a former NHS CEO is the view of some people that privatising it will somehow create a whole load more doctors, nurses and indeed other clinical and support staff that will be happy to earn less than they can elsewhere

It's just illogical

[Sally Miller 💙 @sallyM.bsky.social @SallyMi83941850]

I still don’t understand why it’s OK to lift the cap on bankers bonuses to ensure they stay in UK

But it’s not OK to pay Doctors what they they were worth 13 years ago

Doesn’t make sense. Because there is no sense

It’s about wrecking #OurNHS 😕

#ToriesOut381